Brent is originally from a small town in central Kansas. He learned to sing in the cab of a tractor while working on his Grandpa’s farm and learned to play guitar from his Uncle Dennis who himself had a band. He played for several years around Kansas as Brent Ronen & The Always Near Band.
After receiving some attention from MCA records, Brent decided to move to Nashville to be able to focus on his music career. He worked to hone his songwriting skills as well as performance and production in his own studio.
Attention from Sony Records came next, but by that time, Ronen had realized that his dream was to put music out himself. On his own terms. In his own time. That was the beginning of the project that would end up as the CD entitled Harvey & Luella.
Ronen thinks that in this day and age, it is possible for anyone to break through. You don’t have to have a major label behind you to be successful. Talent is still a prerequisite and if you find your audience, anything is possible.